Conduit for electric conductors.



To all whom yif tay concern:

. .f GEORGE AQLU'TZ, OF NEW Y'OR,K',.N. Y.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE Lurz, a

citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, bo'rough of Brooklyn, State of i' .New '.York, havefinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Conduits for Electric Conductors, vof which the following is a .specificationl "1.

My invention relates to 'improvements in the class of conduits or ducts for electric con-l ductors having a removable cover to permit 'convenient insertion ofthe conductors'i'nthe conduit and access to-the conductors when 4 required; and the object of the invention is to permit. ready attachment lof the cover tothe conduit, whileholding. the cover firmly' The invention thereto.

conduit having bottom andside walls, the vlatter being provided with longitudinallydisposed grooves orprojections at or near Y the edges of the Ouenside' and a removable "maybe folde edge 'may be straight, or both 'edges of the cover may be yfolded or curved, and in the A lf olded or curved at 2b and .provided with the weakened puts `2,I adapted to itfi'ntoth'e cover therefor having an'edgeadapted t'o fit in one ofthe groovesof the conduit and being bent', folded,or curved at the other edge 'to readily spring orsnap into the oppositev l groove in the conduit.' ready flexing of'the folded oipcurved edge To permt'the more portion or portions of the cover in applying the latter tothe l'conduit and removing it therefrom,`i`n some cases I weaken the folded, A4oi' vcurved portion of thecover, which mayv done b cutting or slittingv such portion'. at interva or at suitable distances alongthe. cover, thereby providing a plurality of indefpendentfolded, curved, orrolled projections on the cover, each of which will bend quite readily, as re (d or curved, ywhile the other latterfcase one or both of the folded or curved' edges of the cover may be weakened, asv

h Reference is .to be had to the accompanyingvdrawings, forming part hereof, whereinigure- 1 .is a perspective view, partly broken,of a portion of a conduit; providedv i' with a c over aocording to my .1nvent1on`.f Fig. 2 vis a perspective view of aportion of.

thecover shown in Figl ;1. Fi' 3 is a view 'similar to Fig. 1, showing -t e folded or curved part of the cover not fweakeno'd. Fig. 4 is al perspective .view of the cover show'n in '3. Fig. 5.- is alperspectiveview showing acover inserted in 'e opposed Speciication'of Letters Patent.' Application led October 26, 1905 -Seriallllm 284,474.-

- jections on the 'comprises a channel-like ired. One edge of the cover- Patenta'oct. eo, ieoe.

grooves of the conduit and having both folded or curved portions Of the cover weakened.- -v

Similar numerals of reference indicate .corresponding parts in the several views'.

-' The numeral 1I indicates a conduit having a bottom portion 1a and side walls 1b, pro- Y viding an Open sideywliich walls at their edges are bent or curved at 1 forming proekterior and grooves on the interior. V l U' 2 indicates the cover for the coiiduiib.adapt-l l ed to fit in or upon the bent portions 1-the'reof.

' In Figs. 1, 2,8, and 4'the'cover'2at one I edge y2a is shown straight-and unbent, adapt-i ed to fit in one of the grooves' 1 of the oo nduit,and the cover isbent, folded, or curved at the other edge 2", presentinglafrounded surfaceadapted to spring or snap into the l corresponding grooved portion ofthe adjacent wall 1b. In applyin said cover to the'conduit the edge 2a of t ecover is first passededgewiseinto one of fthe' grooves 1 of the' conduit and' tlien the folded o r rounded por-- :tion 2b is passedfinto the opposed :grooved` ortion 51 of the conduit ,whereby the cover s iirmly'and detachably held'upon t'hel con- In-order to permit?the-more'readyapplic tion of the cover'to' the conduit and its 17emoval therefrom, the lfoldelor curved.por.

tion 2b lof the cover 'may be weakened at intervals 4or at suitable dist noesV apart, as' .by slitting or cutting away.' ttl;

as at 2, the metal ofthe folded C11- curved effolded part'2?, i

4part Of'the cover -b tween-.said weakened 'parts thereby being rendered moiep'liable".I

orspring-like and each intermediate part 3 thus being capable of more readily bending when thecqver is applied and detached 4than the univeakened'part 2b in Fi' s. 3 and 4.

In Fig'. 5 the cover 2 .at lbot sides is show-Ii op osuite grooves 1. of .the conduit. -4 l ere the conduit and .its cover are'made,

of relativel thin or pliablemetal,l the cori- A' conduit will readil` spring apart to permit the bent'part 2 b o the cover to be pushed into the groove 1 ,but Where .the conduit 'or struction O the cover-showninFigs. 3 and 4 ymay conveniently be used, as the sides of the its cover or both are made of relatively thick or rigid metal the Aconstruction shown more ready ileixibility of the series oi independent lexible portions 3 at the sides of the cover.

Having now described my invention, what t 5 I claim is v A conduiJ having opposed. greeves facing .each other neer its open side end e cover closing the open vside of the conduit, the cover beingrounded along one longitudinal edge, the rounded portion ef the cover fitting in one of said grooves and the opposite edge of the cover fitting in the other groeve of the eenduit, substantially as described.

' GX20. A. LUTZ.

1Witnesses:

l'i i". Boimm, M.. HeLMNesHe/m., 

